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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2001

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Whyte's Barbet Stactolaema whytii	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha	VU	resident	1976	1 individuals	A1
Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Stierling's Wren-warbler Calamonastes stierlingi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Scrub-robin Tychaedon barbata	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Böhm's Flycatcher Bradornis boehmi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Miombo Rock-thrush Monticola angolensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps	NT	resident	1999	present	A3
Broad-tailed Paradise-whydah Vidua obtusa	LC	resident	1999	present	A3
Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli	LC	resident	1999	present	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve	Wildlife Reserve	178,439	is identical to site	180,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Shrubland		-
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/04/2021.